Rafael Nadal's mind-boggling French Open dominance in one beautiful graphic

Over the last two weeks, Rafael Nadal continued his unprecedented reign over the French Open. His finals victory over Novak Djokovic was Nadal’s ninth overall title in 10 appearances at Roland Garros and his fifth straight. He’s now won 35 consecutive matches on the red clay of Paris, improving on the 31-match winning streak that began his French Open career. Nadal’s supremacy in the year’s second major is so overwhelming that it’s easy to take it for granted. But when you take a step back and look at all of Rafa’s French Open result from those 10 years, you gain new appreciation for the greatness of Nadal.

That’s 67 matches overall. And in those 67 handshakes at the net, Nadal has been on the winning end of 66. It defies belief. No one wins 66 out of 67 against world-class competition. Here’s what those Ws and Ls look like in a row.

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At Roger Federer’s most dominant 10-year stretch of Wimbledon (from 2003-12), he went 62-3, winning the tournament seven times, losing in the final once and getting ousted in the quarterfinals twice. That’s a winning percentage of 0.95, which is remarkable in modern day tennis. Nadal’s French Open winning percentage, rounded, is 0.99. It’s impossible to comprehend and gives you more appreciation for what Robin Soderling was able to do to Rafa in the fourth round of the 2009 tournament.

Rafael Nadal's mind-boggling French Open dominance in one beautiful graphic

It’s crazy to visualize how great Rafa has been at Roland Garros.

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